Over ridable?

[nq:1]I've see each one of these used Overrideable Overridable Over-ridable Over ridable The document I'm trying to correct uses the first version. What should it be?[/nq]
That's the one I'd use "overrideable".
(Well, actually, I wouldn't use it at all, since it's such an ugly little sucker of a word. A matter of personal taste, but I'd probably opt for "can be overridden".)

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[nq:1]I've see each one of these used Overrideable Overridable Over-ridable Over ridable The document I'm trying to correct uses the first version. What should it be?[/nq]
Don't take your spelling hints from the Internet in general. Most writers on the Internet don't care at all about spelling.

I agree with the suggestion that "can be overridden" is a better choice.
If you must us

[nq:2]I've see each one of these used Overrideable Overridable Over-ridable ... to correct uses the first version. What should it be?[/nq]
[nq:1]Don't take your spelling hints from the Internet in general. Most writers on the Internet don't care at all about ... of the dictionaries I have at hand mention "overrideable" or "overridable". In that case, I just use a spelling checker.[/nq]
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[nq:1]On 12 May 2008, Bill McCray wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Don't take your spelling hints from the Internet in general. ... "overridable". In that case, I just use a spelling checker.[/nq]
[nq:1]And when it's a judg(e)ment call, I'd recommend considering if dropping the "e" does anything untoward; I think it does ... and reconsider it once I've read the whole word. I think the "-rideable" spelling

[nq:1]I agree, Harve. But then, I am a USer who has continued to use "judgement". Oh, I don't know it ... in the UK - except in a legal sense, when referring to the judgment of a court. Causes endless confusion.[/nq]
Chris R

[nq:1]On 12 May 2008, Bill McCray wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Don't take your spelling hints from the Internet in general. ... "overridable". In that case, I just use a spelling checker.[/nq]
[nq:1]And when it's a judg(e)ment call, I'd recommend considering if dropping the "e" does anything untoward; I think it does ... and reconsider it once I've read the whole word. I think the "-rideable" spelling

[nq:2]When I see "overridable", my mind's ear wants to render ... think the "-rideable" spelling is more considerate to one's readers.[/nq]
[nq:1]I won't argue your point, but if the third syllable were "rid", the "d" should be doubled, "overriddable".[/nq]
Oh, that's undoubtedly true but it's the process of reading the word I'm talking about (rather than the logic of how the word is prono

Bill McCray (Email Removed)'s wild thoughts were released on Mon, 12 May 2008 09:32:38 -0400 bearing the following fruit:
[nq:2]I've see each one of these used Overrideable Overridable Over-ridable ... to correct uses the first version. What should it be?[/nq]
[nq:1]Don't take your spelling hints from the Internet in general. Most writers on the Internet don't care at all about spelling.[/

[nq:1]On 13 May 2008, Bill McCray wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]I won't argue your point, but if the third syllable were "rid", the "d" should be doubled, "overriddable".[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh, that's undoubtedly true but it's the process of reading the word I'm talking about (rather than the logic ... is a minor one, but it's definitely there for me. I'd personally add the "e" to avoid that little pitfall.[/n

[nq:1]I can imagine that some people might read "ea" as a long E,[/nq]
or as two syllables, as in "permeable"(*). That was, in fact, my first impression and it misled me into reading "rid" with a short i, the very problem Harvey thought dropping the e would cause. You can't win.

Self-contradictorily, I'd probably write "rideable" but "overridable." The latter has also becom